My Urdu speaking friends seem to only use the word دوپٹا, whereas I am more accustomed to hearing both دوپٹا or چنی. Is the word چنی common in Pakistan or is it a "filmi" sounding word like "jījā"?

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PG Jii, My understanding is that "chunrii" as opposed to "chunnii" is the Urdu word, in addition to dopaTTaa.

We Punjabis are cursed with a misapprehension (on occasions) that a certain word is Punjabi only when in reality both languages use the same common word. In this case, if your Urdu speaking friends are from Punjabi background, they could have similar thoughts in their minds even though chunnii and chunrii are not exact equivalents. An example of what I am alluding to is the word "chhole" (green grams in the pod) which I always thought was unique to Punjabi, until I was enlightened with the correct information!

For Punjabi "chunnii", there is a well known Zubaida Khanum song.."merii chunnii diyaaN reshamii tandaaN", which you might have heard.